Title Fighting the people's war : the British and Commonwealth armies and the Second World War / Jonathan Fennell

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Click on the following:
Cambridge Core

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 932 pages) Series Armies of the Second World War Armies of the Second World War (Cambridge (England)) Contents Inter-war -- Mobilisation -- Defeat in the West -- The Middle East -- The Far East -- The great imperial morale crisis -- Victory in North Africa -- New Guinea and Burma -- The Mediterranean -- Remobilisation -- Cassino -- Transformation in the jungle -- D-Day -- Normandy -- The victory campaigns -- Soldiers and social change Summary Fighting the People's War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the 'citizen armies' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British and Commonwealth armies in the Second World War. Drawing on new sources to reveal the true wartime experience of the ordinary rank and file, Jonathan Fennell fundamentally challenges our understanding of the War and of the relationship between conflict and socio-political change. He uncovers how fractures on the home front had profound implications for the performance of the British and Commonwealth armies and he traces how soldiers' political beliefs, many of which emerged as a consequence of their combat experience, proved instrumental to the socio-political changes of the postwar era. Fighting the People's War transforms our understanding of how the great battles were won and lost as well as how the postwar societies were forged Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2019) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Great Britain. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 SUBJECT Great Britain. Army fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns. Soldiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Soldiers -- Commonwealth countries -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects. Social change -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Armed Forces Military campaigns Social aspects Social change Soldiers SUBJECT Commonwealth countries -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Commonwealth countries Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139380881 1139380885 9781108759748 1108759742 1107609879 9781107609877

  Permalink